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Forgot Adminstrative Password?

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by gradyshifflett

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Yes I have a IBM thinkpad 720e, I won off of Ebay. I am not sure of the administrative password so I am unable to defrag. scan disk ect...Does anyone have a solutions??

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by dkzgambo

Do u even log-in to this machine? Did they not send u the CD for the installed OS? Did u phone them to find out the password?

Give feedback on OS type and whether or not u r able to log-in

by wajce

Use Winternals Admin pack software and reset the password to anything you want it to be.

by taj_hind

boot from cd rom & select repair option.delete sam
from windows\system32\config\sam. then copy c:\windows\repair\system32\config\sam

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